| Evidence: | 'I am working at Richardson now, and will send you the paper by the end of the week. I suppose I ought to be ashamed to confess that, tedious as he often is, I feel less difficulty in getting through him than in reading Fielding, and that as a matter of taste I actually prefer Lovelace to Tom Jones! I suppose that is one of the differences between men and women which even Ladies' Colleges will not set to rights.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 3 Feb 1869 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Windsor | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Margaret Oliphant |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 4 Apr 1828 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer and Critic |
| Religion: | Free Church |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry Fielding |
| Title: | Tom Jones |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 92 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Margaret Oliphant | |
| Editor: | Annie Coghill | |
| Title: | The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. M.O.W.Oliphant | |
| Place of Publication: | Leicester | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 221 | |
| Additional comments: | Letter from Margaret Oliphant to Mr Blackwood, 3 February 1869 |
| Citation: | Margaret Oliphant, Annie Coghill (ed.), The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. M.O.W.Oliphant (Leicester, 1974), p. 221, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=92, accessed: 24 September 2023 | |
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